Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Jane Wood was transported on the Pitt, departing 31st May 1791 and arriving 14th Feb 1792 with 406 passengers.
Built Thames, England 1780. 775 tons. Rig type: S.
PittReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 159 (81) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Jane was the wife of John Wood of Manchester, and a cotton spinner. She had stolen a pair of women's stuff pumps belonging to John Rathbone, worth five pence. She had been convicted before. After conviction at Salford, she was part of a group of six men and women taken to Lancaster Castle by jailer Mr Higgin to await transportation. Free by 1798, Jane had a daughter, Elizabeth with convict Joseph Dunsfield/Dransfield (ship- Ganges) in 1800 but she did not form a long term relationship with him. The same year she was granted 60 acres of land (Wood farm) in the district 'of the Eastern Farms', later named Kissing Point and sold it in 1803. Instead she soon married another Ganges convict, Thomas Wilson at St Johns Parramatta in December 1801 and signed her own name on the register. Jane's daughter died five years later in January 1806. She was recorded as his wife on the muster this year. In 1818, Thomas, still at Kissing Point, reported in the newspapers that Jane had absconded from him, without any provocation and he would not be held responsible for her or any debts she might incur. It is not clear whether they reconciled but Jane was recorded on the 1820 and 21 musters as being married at Parramatta. but after this time, I have not found further record of her. Her husband appears unattached on the 25 and 28 musters.